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Cast member Dulcinea Juarez of 'Monty Python's Spamalot' performs a number during a media rehearsal in Madrid on Thursday. The musical comedy, based on the movie 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,' is directed in its Spanish version by the theatre group Tricicle, and opens in Madrid on Sept. 10. Susana Vera/Reuters

Camels and their jockeys race near the Tower Bridge during a photo call for the Saracens rugby club in London on Thursday. The race, organized by the rugby club, was held to unveil their new official mascots. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger picks up a dumbbell in a burned out home while touring a neighborhood destroyed by wildfires in Big Tujunga Canyon in Tujunga, Calif., on Thursday. L.M. Otero/AP

A rock band performs at MAO Livehouse in Beijing, China, on Thursday. MAO, which opened for business in 2007, has become one of the most popular live venues for rock band performances in the city. Grace Liang/Reuters

Indian farmers shout slogans at a protest rally against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in New Delhi, India, on Thursday. Trade officials from 35 countries are meeting in New Delhi for a WTO ministerial meeting hosted by India. Mustafa Quraishi/AP

A Christian pilgrim raises her arms before being dunked in the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony near the northern Israeli city of Tiberias on Thursday. About 70 Christian pilgrims from Spain took park in the ceremony at the Yardenit baptismal site. Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters

Kristina Barrois of Germany leans over the net after missing a shot against Dinara Safina during their second round match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York on Thursday. Amy Sancetta/AP

Lee Westwood watches his tee shot on the 7th hole during the first round of the European Masters golf tournament in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Thursday. Valentin Flauraud/Reuters

Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the economy and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Thursday at the Brookings Institution in Washington. Charles Dharapak/AP

An Israeli man looks at paintings depicting Palestinian suicide bombers as the Virign Mary in Tel Aviv on Thursday. The art exhibition was removed by the venue hours before its opening because it angered some Israelis who said it presented suicide bombers in the context of Christian images of sainthood. The art features superimposed faces of the women on traditional Madonna-and-child paintings. Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters

A man hangs rose beads, which Muslims use for prayers, at the entrance of his shop in Amman, Jordan, on Thursday. Mohammad Abu Ghosh/AP